Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre

D.R. Bendre (1896-1981): Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, widely acknowledged as
one of the greatest poets in the Kannada language, is a household name in Karnataka.
He appeared on the Kannada poetic scene in the early decades of this century with
Gari, a highly impressive volume of lyrics, and dominated it for five decades.
Though open to influences from all over the world, he was firmly rooted in the Indian and Kannada
poetic traditions to which he brought new life and vitality. He received the Sahitya Akademi prize
for Aralu Maralu in 1959, the Jnanpith award in 1974, and was a Fellow of the
Sahitya Akademi.
(From G.S.Amur's book).

Bibliography

Poems on the web

Many poems by D.R. Bendre transcribed in Kanglish (Kannada written in
English) can be obtained in the
Kannada Sahitya pages.
Please take some time to peruse these pages for they have excellent pointers to Kannada
literature.